My favorite song of the 2nd set: An amazing Throwing Stones with an almost Here Comes Sunshine sounding ending

Anyone know where the Baby Blue comes from?

This guy must be stone dead. I too drove down from philly for my FIRST out of state show. This show (and the one at Merriweather) are always etched in my brain.

It was a GA show and I was 10 feet from the stage. It was so intense after the smoking BEW, LLR and China Rider closer of the first set, I had to move.

Hitmeister probably never liked any show other than the ones on the comfort of his couch. What a fool.

This show is one of the greatest of all times.

The recording is adequate. I have a better one in my collection.

I prefer audio to soundboard.

Spring tour '83 was all about one thing: Phil's new six string bass. The intensity of the low end was insane. Unfortunately, recordings don't come close to capturing it, certainly not this one: sorry, but you had to be there.

There is a new Charlie Miller sbd seed that will eventually make it's way over here. But, the audience tapes capture some the intensity of those Phil bombs. I wish there was a really, really good audience tape!
Re: the "fizzle" review below: the reason there is no Black Peter solo is Jerry was so anxious to do GDTRFB, which freakin' rips. Satisfaction is also insanely hot. A Great One.

I drove six hours from Philly to get to this show, and I left it feeling pretty let down. Twenty years later, I got the urge to download it, only to find that it was pretty much exactly the way I remembered it the first time.

Actually, the first set is quite a bit better than I thought at the time. The 2nd set, however, starts out like it might really turn into something, only to fizzle out before the end.

An insane but short Slipknot gets things rolling, followed by a nice rendition of Franklin's Tower. Truckin' comes next, followed by a Spoonful/Smokestack Lightning jam that begins to turn spacy before Jerry leaves the stage. Jerry pretty much mails it in from that point on. He doesn't even bother to do a guitar solo at the end of Black Peter.

The show might be worth downloading if you're a big fan of Brent. He's really up in the mix, particularly during the 2nd set, and he does some of his best playing, particularly an Other One-ish solo just before drums, and his work on Throwing Stones. Otherwise, there are much better shows to choose from.

The list is impressive and the band's performance is relatively tight. Unfortunately, the quality distracts from the listening experience.

This was the first show I had travelled to see. The trip was well worth it! not only did we get a smokin opener but a set ending china rider! The help slip franklin's to open the second set was amazing and the smokestack jam (they hadn't played smokestack in forever and would wait to pull it out with lyrics) was a real treat but frustrating because they didn't sing it. I can't speak for this recording because I have a different one but it is a great show and well worth throwing it into your listening rotation